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Where to find Great Blue Heron in March
within 25 miles of 35.791540, -78.781117

This page shows which locations in the selected region historically had the highest probability of a checklist including Great Blue Heron in March. Because some locations may be undersampled, the results are sorted based on a confidence score which takes into account how many samples are available. The bar chart shows how the probability of observing this species varies over the year.

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Rank	Map	Pics	Location	Distance	Observed	Sampled	Frequency	Confidence
1			Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek	14.5	173	183	94.5%	90.2%
2			Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd.	9.8	159	171	93.0%	88.1%
3			Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam	18.7	124	133	93.2%	87.6%
4			Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance	3.3	172	195	88.2%	82.9%
5			Lake Wheeler marshes	6.9	79	88	89.8%	81.7%
6			Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment	23.4	245	303	80.9%	76.1%
7			Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access	15.2	16	17	94.1%	73.0%
8			Shelley Lake	8.1	133	167	79.6%	72.9%
9			Lake Crabtree County Park	3.6	493	648	76.1%	72.6%
10			American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access	10.5	116	147	78.9%	71.6%
11			Glennstone/Heron Rookery	18.4	17	19	89.5%	68.6%
12			Apex Community Park	3.7	116	153	75.8%	68.5%
13			Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek	14.8	28	34	82.4%	66.5%
14			Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co)	12.0	21	25	84.0%	65.3%
15			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.)	21.9	34	43	79.1%	64.8%
16			Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade	19.0	26	32	81.2%	64.7%
17			Lake Johnson Park	4.2	237	345	68.7%	63.6%
18			Lake Betz	7.3	279	415	67.2%	62.6%
19			Middle Creek Bottomlands II	24.9	16	19	84.2%	62.4%
20			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.)	21.9	65	91	71.4%	61.4%
21			Bond Park	2.7	198	299	66.2%	60.7%
22			Symphony Lake Greenway	4.4	60	85	70.6%	60.2%
23			Bass Lake Park & Trail	10.7	80	117	68.4%	59.5%
24			Sandy Creek Park	16.1	532	857	62.1%	58.8%
25			Lake Crabtree Dam	3.3	127	194	65.5%	58.5%
26			Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point	16.1	38	53	71.7%	58.4%
27			Brier Creek Reservoir	5.9	61	89	68.5%	58.3%
28			Beaver Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	10.6	8	9	88.9%	56.5%
29			Lake Lynn	7.7	159	255	62.4%	56.3%
30			Old Bynum Bridge	20.4	171	282	60.6%	54.8%
31			Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road	20.9	37	55	67.3%	54.1%
32			Lake Raleigh	6.0	104	169	61.5%	54.0%
33			Lake Benson	11.9	79	126	62.7%	54.0%
34			New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment	13.8	26	38	68.4%	52.5%
35			Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp	15.5	130	225	57.8%	51.2%
36			Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area	13.8	4	4	100.0%	51.0%
37			O'Kelly Chapel Road Waterfowl Impoundment	9.9	4	4	100.0%	51.0%
38			William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake	5.7	82	139	59.0%	50.7%
39			Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point	15.0	139	245	56.7%	50.5%
40			Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	14.5	35	57	61.4%	48.4%
41			Yates Mill County Park	7.2	422	829	50.9%	47.5%
42			Mason Farm Biological Reserve	14.6	332	657	50.5%	46.7%
43			American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access	9.5	21	33	63.6%	46.6%
44			Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek	18.2	72	133	54.1%	45.7%
45			White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland	6.1	20	32	62.5%	45.3%
46			Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek	14.0	11	16	68.8%	44.4%
47			Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek	10.6	18	29	62.1%	44.0%
48			Jordan Game Land--Bells Church Fishing Access	12.9	5	6	83.3%	43.6%
49			Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd.	12.6	30	54	55.6%	42.4%
50			Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	23.9	9	13	69.2%	42.4%
51			Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp	14.8	11	17	64.7%	41.3%
52			Rainbow Soccer Complex	16.2	43	83	51.8%	41.2%
53			Lake Wheeler	8.2	20	36	55.6%	39.6%
54			Crabtree Creek Watershed	4.7	47	96	49.0%	39.2%
55			Pinehurst Drive Ponds	15.6	15	26	57.7%	38.9%
56			Lake Rogers Park	23.7	9	14	64.3%	38.8%
57			Beaver Marsh	16.7	196	458	42.8%	38.3%
58			Harris Lake County Park	14.0	59	127	46.5%	38.0%
59			Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch	11.6	4	5	80.0%	37.6%
60			Neuse River Trail--Old Falls of Neuse	15.1	4	5	80.0%	37.6%
61			Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway	3.5	16	29	55.2%	37.5%
62			Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd.	13.3	9	15	60.0%	35.7%
63			Discovery Lake (Restricted Access)	8.2	35	76	46.1%	35.3%
64			Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats)	12.6	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
65			Falls Lake SRA--B. W. Wells	16.6	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
66			Falls Lake--Upper Beaver Dam (Granville Co.)	21.0	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
67			Lassiter Mill Historical Park	7.7	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
68			Robertson Creek Nature Preserve	23.8	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
69			Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access	13.1	19	40	47.5%	32.9%
70			Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth	14.9	32	74	43.2%	32.6%
71			Schenck Forest	3.6	102	269	37.9%	32.3%
72			Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.)	13.5	6	10	60.0%	31.3%
73			Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook	16.7	18	40	45.0%	30.7%
74			White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side	6.7	26	62	41.9%	30.5%
75			Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co)	12.3	3	4	75.0%	30.1%
76			Crabtree Creek Greenway--Atlantic Ave to Anderson Drive	8.6	4	6	66.7%	30.0%
77			Lower Haw SNA--Bynum	20.3	19	44	43.2%	29.7%
78			William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake	3.8	11	23	47.8%	29.2%
79			Durant Nature Preserve	13.3	41	110	37.3%	28.8%
80			Kildaire Farms Lake	2.3	6	11	54.5%	28.0%
81			Falls Lake--Dam	15.2	15	35	42.9%	28.0%
82			Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve	15.1	24	62	38.7%	27.6%
83			University Lake, Chapel Hill	19.3	10	22	45.5%	26.9%
84			Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only	15.3	8	17	47.1%	26.2%
85			Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp	18.6	4	7	57.1%	25.0%
86			Robertson Millpond Preserve	20.7	4	7	57.1%	25.0%
87			Duke University--Reclamation Pond	17.3	25	72	34.7%	24.8%
88			Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp	18.4	11	27	40.7%	24.5%
89			Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway	12.9	6	13	46.2%	23.2%
90			Falls Lake SRA--Woodpecker Ridge	16.3	3	5	60.0%	23.1%
91			Neuse River Trail--Falls River	15.6	3	5	60.0%	23.1%
92			Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina	13.2	17	52	32.7%	21.5%
93			Brumley Nature Preserve--North	22.2	92	358	25.7%	21.4%
94			Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve	22.1	6	14	42.9%	21.4%
95			Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point	14.2	5	11	45.5%	21.3%
96			Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd.	11.9	14	42	33.3%	21.0%
97			American Tobacco Trail--Riddle Road	12.9	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
98			American Tobacco Trail--White Oak Church Rd. Access	7.9	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
99			Patterson Road Waterfowl Impoundment	14.8	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
100			Jordan Game Land--Lower Little Creek	13.2	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
101			William B. Umstead SP--Graylyn Trail	5.4	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
102			Mid Pines Rd.	6.7	126	530	23.8%	20.3%
103			Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field)	14.1	7	18	38.9%	20.3%
104			Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP'	16.4	19	63	30.2%	20.2%
105			Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek	10.3	6	15	40.0%	19.8%
106			Swift Creek Bluffs	5.3	15	49	30.6%	19.5%
107			Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St	5.1	5	12	41.7%	19.3%
108			Falls Lake--Rolling View	16.1	21	75	28.0%	19.1%
109			Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End	17.3	4	9	44.4%	18.9%
110			Barksdale Drive Greenway	9.9	7	20	35.0%	18.1%
111			AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park	10.0	7	20	35.0%	18.1%
112			New Hope Bottomlands	15.5	5	13	38.5%	17.7%
113			Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Power Line & Trails ONLY	12.4	6	17	35.3%	17.3%
114			Sarah P. Duke Gardens	16.8	37	160	23.1%	17.3%
115			West Point on the Eno Park	20.5	4	10	40.0%	16.8%
116			Patterson Place Constructed Wetland	16.0	24	101	23.8%	16.5%
117			Chandler's Swamp	16.9	5	14	35.7%	16.3%
118			Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64	18.7	24	106	22.6%	15.7%
119			Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station	21.6	13	53	24.5%	14.9%
120			Ritter Park	4.3	18	80	22.5%	14.7%
121			Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir	18.0	6	20	30.0%	14.5%
122			Haw River--Bynum Dam	20.5	6	20	30.0%	14.5%
123			Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula	12.1	6	20	30.0%	14.5%
124			North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill)	14.1	8	30	26.7%	14.2%
125			Orange County Sportsplex Pond	24.9	6	21	28.6%	13.8%
126			Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade	20.0	4	12	33.3%	13.8%
127			Jordan Lake--Poe's Ridge	19.9	3	8	37.5%	13.7%
128			Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform	12.3	10	43	23.3%	13.2%
129			Brumley Nature Preserve--South	22.7	11	50	22.0%	12.8%
130			Eno River SP--Few's Ford	23.2	21	112	18.8%	12.6%
131			Indian Creek Greenway	3.5	5	18	27.8%	12.5%
132			Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest	14.7	9	41	22.0%	12.0%
133			Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only)	24.1	21	118	17.8%	11.9%
134			Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co)	20.0	2	5	40.0%	11.8%
135			Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir	19.0	2	5	40.0%	11.8%
136			South Wake County Landfill (Restricted Access)	8.9	2	5	40.0%	11.8%
137			Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff	12.6	4	14	28.6%	11.7%
138			William B. Umstead SP	5.4	11	55	20.0%	11.6%
139			Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp	16.8	4	15	26.7%	10.9%
140			Salem Pond Park	4.5	4	15	26.7%	10.9%
141			Morris Branch Greenway	7.6	4	15	26.7%	10.9%
142			Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek	15.0	3	10	30.0%	10.8%
143			Baileywick Road Park	10.2	4	16	25.0%	10.2%
144			E. Carroll Joyner Park	20.6	6	29	20.7%	9.8%
145			Blue Jay Point County Park	14.5	11	65	16.9%	9.7%
146			American Tobacco Trail--Wimberly Road Access	8.1	2	6	33.3%	9.7%
147			Hilltop Needmore Park--North	11.1	5	23	21.7%	9.7%
148			Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park	13.5	6	30	20.0%	9.5%
149			Falls Lake SRA--Information Center	16.3	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
150			Little Beaverdam Creek	18.4	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
151			Butner Game Land--H Street Fields	23.2	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
152			Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road	15.5	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
153			Shaw Lake	9.9	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
154			Knightdale Station Park	17.3	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
155			Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access	18.4	3	12	25.0%	8.9%
156			Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve	4.6	10	63	15.9%	8.9%
157			Cedar Fork District Park	3.1	11	73	15.1%	8.6%
158			Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park	17.9	8	50	16.0%	8.3%
159			Hoffman Lake	2.4	2	7	28.6%	8.2%
160			Kaplan Drive Park	4.1	2	7	28.6%	8.2%
161			Morgan Creek Trail	17.5	8	57	14.0%	7.3%
162			Mitchell Mill Natural Area	23.7	2	8	25.0%	7.1%
163			Shiloh Greenway	5.1	2	8	25.0%	7.1%
164			Jack Marley Park	19.7	2	8	25.0%	7.1%
165			Hilltop Needmore Park--South	11.5	2	8	25.0%	7.1%
166			North Carolina Museum of Life and Science	17.8	6	41	14.6%	6.9%
167			Town Lake Park	23.4	5	32	15.6%	6.9%
168			Falls Lake	15.1	2	9	22.2%	6.3%
169			Crowder District Park	6.8	5	35	14.3%	6.3%
170			Eden Lakes	23.7	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
171			Hank Anderson Community Park	20.3	9	83	10.8%	5.8%
172			Carpenter Park	5.1	2	10	20.0%	5.7%
173			Beaver Creek Greenway	7.0	2	10	20.0%	5.7%
174			Parker Preserve	15.5	5	41	12.2%	5.3%
175			Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road	18.1	6	54	11.1%	5.2%
176			Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center	9.0	2	11	18.2%	5.1%
177			Wooten Meadow Park	6.8	2	11	18.2%	5.1%
178			Bolin Creek--Umstead Park	18.1	2	11	18.2%	5.1%
179			Merritt's Pasture	16.9	4	31	12.9%	5.1%
180			North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden	4.6	5	46	10.9%	4.7%
181			Eno River SP--Cabe Lands Access	20.8	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
182			Neuse River Trail--Buffalo Road Athletic Park	14.1	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
183			American Tobacco Trail--Pittard Sears Road	8.8	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
184			Raven Rock SP	23.9	5	49	10.2%	4.4%
185			Turnipseed Preserve	20.5	3	24	12.5%	4.3%
186			Mingo Creek Trail	15.1	3	25	12.0%	4.2%
187			Piedmont Nature Trail	15.9	3	26	11.5%	4.0%
188			Blackwood Farm Park	22.9	4	41	9.8%	3.9%
189			North Carolina Botanical Garden	16.0	12	182	6.6%	3.8%
190			East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek)	9.4	2	15	13.3%	3.7%
191			Greenview Ponds	7.6	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
192			Hymettus Woods Park	5.9	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
193			Neuse River Trail--Myakka Court	15.1	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
194			Honeycutt Road Park	14.6	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
195			Duke Forest--Korstian Division	19.6	4	46	8.7%	3.4%
196			Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning	3.9	20	409	4.9%	3.2%
197			Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd.	17.4	4	50	8.0%	3.2%
198			Fearrington Village	17.5	4	50	8.0%	3.2%
199			Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park	13.6	5	69	7.2%	3.1%
200			Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.)	17.7	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
201			Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill	16.3	3	35	8.6%	3.0%
202			Penny's Bend Nature Preserve	20.0	3	37	8.1%	2.8%
203			Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park	15.6	2	20	10.0%	2.8%
204			Eno River SP--Pleasant Green	21.9	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
205			stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020)	1.5	5	88	5.7%	2.5%
206			Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate	19.7	2	24	8.3%	2.3%
207			Falls Lake--Sandling Beach	17.5	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
208			American Tobacco Trail--C.M. Herndon Park	10.4	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
209			Johnston Mill Nature Preserve	20.5	5	97	5.2%	2.2%
210			Horace Williams Tract	19.1	2	27	7.4%	2.1%
211			Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf	15.9	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
212			William B. Umstead SP--Turkey Creek Trail	4.2	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
213			Bass Lake Outfall Greenway	11.0	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
214			Crabtree Creek Trail--Lindsay Dr. to Bridge by Galax Dr.	5.5	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
215			Inwood Rd.	7.3	2	29	6.9%	1.9%
216			Rocky Branch Greenway	6.4	2	29	6.9%	1.9%
217			White Pines Nature Preserve	24.5	3	54	5.6%	1.9%
218			Eastgate Park	9.5	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
219			Ammons Farm Rd.	24.7	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
220			17 Acre Woods	18.0	3	61	4.9%	1.7%
221			Little Creek Trail	15.3	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
222			Chapel Hill Community Park	16.9	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
223			Lower Booker Creek Trail	17.0	2	36	5.6%	1.5%
224			Third Fork Creek Trail	13.6	3	67	4.5%	1.5%
225			Brian P's Yard (Private)	14.4	4	105	3.8%	1.5%
226			Walnut Creek Wetland Center	9.0	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
227			Apex Nature Park	8.6	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
228			Forest Ridge Park	16.5	1	13	7.7%	1.4%
229			Horton Grove Nature Preserve	24.6	2	49	4.1%	1.1%
230			Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail	17.1	1	17	5.9%	1.0%
231			Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail	19.4	1	18	5.6%	1.0%
232			UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove	17.1	1	19	5.3%	0.9%
233			Pullen Park	6.6	1	20	5.0%	0.9%
234			Northgate Park	17.2	1	20	5.0%	0.9%
235			North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond	4.7	1	20	5.0%	0.9%
236			Downtown Cary Park	0.5	1	20	5.0%	0.9%
237			Higgins Greenway	1.2	1	22	4.5%	0.8%
238			J.C. Raulston Arboretum	4.6	1	23	4.3%	0.8%
239			Wendell Park	22.6	1	25	4.0%	0.7%
240			Pritchard Park Nature Trail	17.3	1	26	3.8%	0.7%
241			North Carolina State University Campus	6.2	2	87	2.3%	0.6%
242			Williamson Preserve	19.2	1	33	3.0%	0.5%
243			Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders	3.9	1	34	2.9%	0.5%
244			South Ellerbe Creek Trail	16.4	1	36	2.8%	0.5%
245			Berryhill Park and Trails	18.4	1	44	2.3%	0.4%
246			Fred Fletcher Park	7.4	1	59	1.7%	0.3%
247			Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park	22.3	1	93	1.1%	0.2%